A new home in Portugal?

I've spent the week in Lisbon, discussing how Portugal might offer more ex-Guantánamo prisoners a home.

In meetings with various organisations and government ministers, I described how all our Guantánamo clients have settled peacefully back into the community. The politicians were largely supportive, and my hunch is it was a very successful trip.

Back in December Reprieve were delighted when Portugal became the first European country to grant refugee status to detainees who had been declared innocent but could not return to their home countries for fear of persecution. Click here to read the press release.

Click below to see how the issue was covered in the Portuguese media. It helps if you speak Portuguese...